Horseshoe Crabs And Relatives

Xiphosurida

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Xiphosurida (Horseshoe Crabs And Relatives) is an order of chelicerates. There are 8 species of Horseshoe Crabs And Relatives, in 10 genera and 6 families. This order has been around since the paleozoic era.

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EOL has data for 9 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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paleozoic era
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Paleozoic
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine benthic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024
- Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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228
number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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33

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of horseshoe crabs and relatives. View this species on GBIF

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Horseshoe Crabs And Relative Habitats

The environments in which many horseshoe crabs and relatives species are known to live. Select an environment to see its horseshoe crabs and relatives species checklist.

horseshoe crabs and relatives Habitats

The environments in which many horseshoe crabs and relatives species are known to live. Select an environment to see its horseshoe crabs and relatives species checklist.

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